Application Developer

The South Carolina Judicial Branch is seeking to fill the Application Developer I position. The position will participate in the daily development activities of a web/software application development team to meet the South Carolina Judicial Branch's IT service objectives. It is responsible for designing code for applications that implement business logic, data access, and security requirements. It ensures that the project code delivered by the application development team meets best practice standards for security, accessibility, and maintainability.

It also maintains documentation, cross‑trains team members, and advises management to achieve long‑term strategic organizational objectives.

• Create high-level architectural blueprints and system designs, including selecting appropriate technologies, frameworks, and patterns to ensure robustness, scalability, and security.
• Establish and enforce coding standards, best practices, and development methodologies across projects.
• Identify potential technical risks and challenges, devise strategies to mitigate them, and ensure the architecture is resilient and maintainable.
• Work closely with business analysts, project managers, developers to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure alignment with project goals.
• Develop and update comprehensive architecture documentation, including design decisions, diagrams, and technical standards for reference throughout the project lifecycle.

• Enhance website speed, efficiency, and scalability through code optimization, asset management, and modern techniques like lazy loading and minification.
• Ensure web applications work consistently across different browsers and devices, including mobile responsiveness.
• Identify, diagnose, and resolve front‑end bugs and performance problems and continuously improve and update web applications to meet evolving business and user needs.

• Build, test, and update the logic and services that power web applications, ensuring reliability and scalability.
• Create database schemas, write queries, optimize performance, and ensure data integrity and security.
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks in code, database queries, and server configurations.
• Design, build, and secure APIs to facilitate communication between the server and other applications or services.

• Implement and manage continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines to streamline code deployment from development to production.
• Implement security controls, manage access, and enforce compliance with industry standards and organizational policies.
• Create scripts for automating repetitive tasks such as environment builds, configuration management, and data migrations.
• Identify opportunities for process optimization, cost reduction, and efficiency gains across the software development lifecycle.

• Perform regular reviews of systems, code, and processes to identify security weaknesses and ensure compliance with internal and external standards.
• Maintain awareness of and adherence to relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards.

• Analyze requirements and specifications to ensure test coverage and alignment with business needs.
• Perform various types of testing to ensure software stability and readiness for release.
• Continuously learn and adopt new testing tools, technologies, and best practices to improve efficiency and coverage.

• Develop and manage user manuals, installation guides, API references, and other technical content to ensure accuracy, clarity, and accessibility.
• Facilitate sharing of information across teams, encourage use of documentation, and support onboarding and training efforts.
• Continuously assess and refine documentation workflows, tools, and policies for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Provide guidance and support to users accessing documentation and knowledge resources.

Bachelor's in Computer Science with major coursework in system design and development.

Up to two (0‑2) years of experience in application…